(The Gist of PIB) MIEWS portal  [MARCH-2020]

(The Gist of PIB)  MIEWS portal

MIEWS portal

• Union Minister of Food Processing Industries, launched the– Market Intelligence and Early Warning System (MIEWS) Web Portal. The portal can be accessed at http://miews.nafed-india.com.

About:

• The MIEWS Dashboard and Portal is a ‘first-of-its-kind’ platform for ‘real time monitoring’ of prices of tomato, onion and potato (TOP) and for simultaneously generating alerts for intervention under the terms of the Operation Greens(OG) scheme.
• This portal is a novel initiative of MoFPI leveraging IT tools and furthering the goals of Digital India.
• The portal would disseminate all relevant information related to TOP crops such as Prices and Arrivals, Area, Yield and Production, Imports and Exports, Crop Calendars, Crop Agronomy, etc in an easy to use visual format.

Benefits:

• The MIEWS system is designed to provide advisories to farmers to avoid cyclical production as well as an early warning in situations of gluts. For decision makers, the MIEWS system will help in
• monitoring of supply situation for timely market intervention,
• assist in rapid response in times of glut to move produce from glut regions to deficit/consuming regions and providing inputs for export/import decision making.

Key features:

• A dashboard that would indicate low price and high price alerts as well as price forecasts for 3 months forward.
• Prices and arrivals of TOP crops across the country including interactive charts and comparisons with previous seasons
• Area, Yield and Production of TOP crops
• Crop Agronomy and Trade Profile of each of the TOP crops
• Regular and special reports on the market situation of the TOP crops.

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